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I'm not going in there anymore! - I think there are crayfish down there...
Image Not Available for I'm not going in there anymore! - I think there are crayfish down there...

I'm not going in there anymore! - I think there are crayfish down there...

PortfolioPlate 1 from the series, "Les Baigneurs"
Date1839
MediumCrayon lithograph with scraping
DimensionsSheet: 210 × 265 mm. (8 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.53
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!
Husband: My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin? The wife (aside): To think that I am married to this face!
1840
Image Not Available for It’s important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it’s a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he’ll learn it… he is still young!
It’s important for a man to know how to swim. He is not doing so badly for a start. You could think it’s a fish, at least while he is attached to the cord. But he’ll learn it… he is still young!
1839
Image Not Available for Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.
Well, father Coquardeau, this one is really nice and fresh. - Gosh! I should think so too.
1840
Image Not Available for Hey, now look at that huge Fifine! You'd swear she was a Venus - what a disappointment!
Hey, now look at that huge Fifine! You'd swear she was a Venus - what a disappointment!
1839
Image Not Available for The other day, I pulled off another smart trick... I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard ... I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs... I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: "Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!" I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer... The following day they couldn't get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: "The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I'm going to hold it back... I put down nothing and kept back the r
The other day, I pulled off another smart trick... I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard ... I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs... I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: "Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!" I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer... The following day they couldn't get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: "The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I'm going to hold it back... I put down nothing and kept back the r
1838
Image Not Available for There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I'm having a shave she's making a cuckold of me!
There goes my wife!! Oh, the wretch, while I'm having a shave she's making a cuckold of me!
1840
Image Not Available for A Confession of Faith. Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet.
A Confession of Faith. Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation wasn't ready for this yet.
1842
Image Not Available for The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. Sings the Marseillaise (national anthem) by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss!
The Ladies' Bath. Yes, my dear, it is just the way I have the honour of telling you. I was pregnant with him for eleven months and people thought I was dropsical. Would you believe that this is already six years ago? He takes after his father, drum-major of the 6th legion. Sings the Marseillaise (national anthem) by heart and has a drink in the morning like a real fire-fighter. Oh, my little darling, come here and give your mother a kiss!
1841
Image Not Available for Oh hello, how good to see you. - How is your wife? - Just fine. - I did not recognise you in the water… I took you for a lion! - Too kind of you. This is what everybody tells me.
Oh hello, how good to see you. - How is your wife? - Just fine. - I did not recognise you in the water… I took you for a lion! - Too kind of you. This is what everybody tells me.
1840
Image Not Available for Run away, Moellon, there comes the guard, another one of these show-offs. Just because we don’t have 4 sous for the bath we cannot wash ourselves... get lost..... It’s just not right!…
Run away, Moellon, there comes the guard, another one of these show-offs. Just because we don’t have 4 sous for the bath we cannot wash ourselves... get lost..... It’s just not right!…
1839
Image Not Available for The source of the Seine is the Cote d'Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the inhabitants escape the summer’s heat and try to find freshness and purity in this river.
The source of the Seine is the Cote d'Or, and it empties into the Channel. On its way it traverses Paris where the inhabitants escape the summer’s heat and try to find freshness and purity in this river.
1839
Image Not Available for Word of honour Madame Frenouillet... it’s not that I want to flatter us, but watching the two of us swim one could take us for two fishes: a carp and an eel.
Word of honour Madame Frenouillet... it’s not that I want to flatter us, but watching the two of us swim one could take us for two fishes: a carp and an eel.
1841